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About This Novel

"The Return of the Native" is a representative "novel of character and environment" written by the famous British writer Thomas Hardy. The work is set in the Egtown Wasteland in Wessex, southwest England, and describes the different tragic fates of five young men and women. It is an important sign that Hardy's novel art begins to mature, and is one of Hardy's important works. "Jude the Obscure" is Hardy's masterpiece. The novel mainly describes the study experience of a young man named Jude and his short life encounters. It also depicts the customs and folk customs of the British countryside at the end of the 19th century, presenting a picture of secular customs in front of readers. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" is one of Hardy's masterpieces. The work tells the story of the protagonist Henchal, who was originally a grassroots worker who betrayed his wife and daughter due to drunkenness. He regretted it so much that he stopped drinking and worked hard to get rich. Twenty years later, he became the mayor of Casterbridge. Later, his wife and daughter returned to him, but disasters also followed one after another. Through this tragic description, the author reveals the disasters that capitalist development has brought to the working people and condemns the irrationality of the capitalist system. "Tess" is one of Hardy's important masterpieces. The novel takes the experiences of the heroine Tess as the main line, describing the conflict between the beautiful poetic image and the surrounding gloomy reality. It vividly describes the disintegration of the small-scale peasant economy after capitalism invaded the British countryside at the end of the 19th century and the painful process of individual farmers heading towards poverty and bankruptcy. "The Adventure of Hippoly" is an anthology of Hardy's short stories and short stories, including "The Melancholy Hussars in the German Legion", "The Tragedy of Two Careers", "An Imaginative Woman", "Friends from the Countryside", "Rumors of 1840", "Withered Branches" and "The Adventure of Hippoly".

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